With that said I have done business with Louisiana folks and greasing the palms with KY Jelly will not cut the mustard.
Seems like $16,000 is low pay for someone a citizen counts on to make good laws.
Whats the alternative to low or no pay by a legislator.
Chris Dodd, Kent Conrad, Willy Jefferson and relatives....
Perhaps. But the first run at this introduced into the legislature was to TRIPLE their pay. After the voters went radioactive, they cut it to only DOUBLE. And all this after giving every state deadhead a big pay raise and increasing the state budget by $1 billion. The citizenry manged a small tax cut after the legislature and Gov. Bobby Jindal had to be dragged kicking and screaming to the table.
Furthermore, Jindal had pledged in his campaign specifically to not allow a legislature to increase its own pay. This is all documented.
Bottom line: Jindal campaigned on and was elected as a true conservative. He's not governed anywhere near that since he was sworn in, despite what the talking heads in DC and New York say. Jindal needs to pay for stabbing us conservatives in the back.
Members of the General Assembly receive an annual salary of $30,000, paid at the rate of $2,500 per month. The salary was set at its current figure in 1998. The Colorado constitution provides that no change in compensation may take place during a member’s term of office. Plus some per diem for travel and food. All you need is part-time Legislators in most States. I’m for Keeping them lean and mean.
The Louisiana Legislator is in session for 90 days.